they say that the parole board should not be rationally have reached the decision thatjohn worboys wasease just two years after his minimum term had expired. john worboys's victims had been given the clear indication over the years that he would serve a very long time in prison, and this is a minute and the man who planned his attacks and, what kind of assurance can be given a none so far that this is a person who has changed his ways. a couple from california, who are accused of abusing their 13 children, have pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse, torture and false imprisonment. david and louise turpin were arrested on sunday after one of their children escaped through a window of their home. police found them severely malnourished with some in shackles. our north america correspondent james cook reports. ..give up that right. david turpin appearing in court to deny torturing his own children and sexually abusing one of his young daughters. his wife, louise, also pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say the siblings endured the abuse for years as their parents plumbed the depths of human

a number of people have complained that they had no idea thatjohn worboys was facing pa role idea thatjohnacing parole until they saw it on the news. the parole board has then turned around and said, that may be the case, but everybody who has been recorded as a victim will be told, look, we can keep in contact with you, how do you want to do it, whether by post, e—mail, telephone, some cases may be sent by post and the letters haven't arrived people have changed address. in other cases may be people have chosen not to be contacted. presumably these are real issues in terms of dealing with victims. i have many victims who write in, and it is something i have been working with with probation, because it is not as simple as that. when you are asked to go on the victim contact scheme, it comes at the most raw time, and for me we need to look at how we better engage with victims to ally than the time to reflect and to allow them then to engage with probation officers and say, i would like that. and if they do want to get involved, we have to check on postal addresses and keep that updated, we

story with a huge reaction, thejustice secretary might be trying to make sure thatjohn worboys will notery set and feels an sure ground to feel able to attack the parole board decision to allow worboys out. we know that there was a few raw about this decision and the way in which the were not properly informed that this decision had been main and also —— made and also the secrecy of the decision. i suspect this is the start of the unpicking of those decisions and the secrecy. the conservative government has never had a lawyer injustice. now we have a lawyer, thank goodness, at the head ofjust as you can look at the situation, see what needs to be protected in relation to parole board and if there is a hole he will keep that guy in jail. board and if there is a hole he will keep that guy injail. it is a good sign and good news. interesting how this story, and this is what people of all ages are interested in on social media. finishing now with dry january all year round because the government wants us to be more healthy. how will people like when they go into a and see this calorie cap,

under the indeterminate sentence rules, the parole board will need to have assured themselves thatjohn worboysnger a risk as a sexual predator. daniel sandford, bbc news. the row between donald trump and his former top aide, steve bannon, has intensified, with lawyers for the president threatening legal action against mr bannon. it follows comments attributed to him in a controversial new book about the trump presidency, a book which mr trump's lawyers are trying to prevent being published. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, is in washington for us tonight. some of the details in this book, the book president trump doesn't want us to see are certainly intriguing. hell hath no fury like a bannon scorned, it would seem. steve bannon, who was described as the brains behind donald trump, is now out in the washington cold after his extraordinary attack, the warm words of last summer but a distant memory. i like him, he's a good man. he is not a racist, i can tell you that. he's a good person. he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but we will see what happens with mr bannon, but he'

under the indeterminate sentence rules, the parole board will need to have assured themselves thatjohn worboysexual predator. daniel sandford, bbc news. much more on that story and all of our stories on our website. if you want to get in touch with us here at bbc world news, you can do so on social media. i'm @bbckasiamadera on twitter. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: honours even in the english premier league as tottenham and west ham provide two brilliant goals at wembley in a 1—1 draw. reigning women's champion serena williams becomes the latest big name to withdraw from the australian open. and the tiger woods comeback continues and he could —— as he confirms he will appear in the pga tour event. and we will be live to syd ney tour event. and we will be live to sydney for the second day of the fifth test. stick around for that. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that two wonderful goals at wembley stadium saw tottenham and

under the indeterminate sentence rules, the parole board will need to have assured themselves thatjohn worboysandford, bbc news. coming up on breakfast — charlie stayt and naga munchetty will have all the day's news, business and sport. that's breakfast at six. this is the briefing from a bbc news. the latest headlines. with tensions high over its nuclear and missile programme, north korea has accepted the south korean government's proposal for high—level talks. a new book containing damning allegations about the trump administration is being rushed to publication on friday, four days ahead of schedule, as lawyers for the president try to stop it. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with a metro. and the arab news reveals that the us has requested an emergency un security council meeting to discuss the u nrest council meeting to discuss the unrest ina council meeting to discuss the unrest in a run. it will be held later running today. when one people died in the practice. the independent has a story about a proposed lysate levy

the parole board deciding thatjohn worboys should be released after fewer than ten years in prison.r last week, is now suggesting there may be grounds to try and challenge that. he is saying he would only do it if there was a reasonable chance of success but it is an incredible boring. an extraordinary lawyer. a lawyer in thisjob is extraordinary lawyer. a lawyer in this job is immediately extraordinary lawyer. a lawyer in thisjob is immediately asserting himself and thinking, right, we need to short —— sort this situation. there was controversy over the secrecy and the decision to allow warboys out. it looks, bowling, he is obviously taken the right soundings, and he is going to try and fight this decision. if that is the way the parole board makes its decisions, that needs to be changed. they are independent though. exactly. that is very important. the good news is with got a lawyer in justice. he has obviously seen a loophole, he has obviously seen something because you don't go in there as you think you can win it so he has seen something and he might be able to save these victi

but victims groups in the event thatjohn worboys is released will be able to make their own representationse parole board about the strict terms of his licensing. thank you. the governor of hawaii has apologised —and promised to tighten procedures — after authorities mistakenly issued an alert, warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack. an official text message, sent to people's phones in error, left people scrambling for shelter. a corrected message wasn't sent out until nearly a0 minutes later. bill hayton reports. for 30 minutes on saturday, the people of hawaii ran for the emergency shelters. and official tax toward them to prepare for the worst. we alljust huddled together and thought, if this is going to be the end, really beautiful place doing something we love. was a north korean missile about to hit honolulu? actually, korean missile about to hit honolulu 7 actually, no, korean missile about to hit honolulu? actually, no, the whole thing was simply a mistake. at this point in time, we have started the recall of the process. there is theory that the click of a single button co

decision, if this investigation proceeded quickly and lead to criminal charges, it's highly likely thatjohn worboysn in custody pending any future trial and that is why this is a very key development. a court has heard how an unemployed man from cardiff — accused of carrying out the finsbury park terror attack last year — told people in a pub just days before — that he was a soldier and he was going to kill all muslims. 48—year—old darren 0sborne is on trial for murder and attempted murder after the attack near two north london mosques. he denies the charges. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. the seconds just before a large white van, travelling at speed, smashed into a crowd of muslim men marking ramadan lastjune. it was the fourth attack last year and the first to target muslims. the prosecution said that in the previous fortnight, the man on trial for the attack, darren osborne, had searched dozens of times on the internet for ultra nationalist groups and stories about terror attacks, like the manchester bombing. the jury heard that in the 15 days before the attack, darren

given that the government has dropped its legal challenge, what is the likelihood thatjohn worboys coulds difficult to say at this time. after this row blew up a fortnight ago, a number of people were metaphorically in the dog including prosecutors, who were being forced to explain why they didn't put him on trial for more charges at his trial a decade ago. the director of public prosecutions has reiterated tonight that they looked at complaints from more than 80 women and decided that in the majority of cases, the complaints simply were not strong enough to put before a jury and that was why he was prosecuted on a limited number of charges. as we had in the report, alison saunders is now saying that if fresh evidence emerged, they would look at it. but of course, it is a long time since john worboys was roaming around london committing his offences. at the same time, we now have this legal challenge from two of his victims, and they want a review of whether the process under which he was deemed fit for release was lawful. but they are in the initial stages of this. and of course, the re

under the indeterminate sentence rules, the parole board will need to have assured themselves thatjohn worboys risk as a sexual predator. daniel sandford, bbc news. the row between donald trump and his former top aide steve bannon has intensified, with lawyers for the president threatening legal action against mr bannon. it follows comments attributed to him in a controversial new book about the trump presidency, a book which mr trump's lawyers are trying to prevent being published. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is in washington for us tonight. some of the details in this book, the book president trump doesn't want us to see, are certainly intriguing. yes. and extraordinary, as you say, the white house looking at legal measures to stop the book from ever reaching the shelves. quite unprecedented. perhaps not surprising then that the publishers are bringing forward the release date to tomorrow. at the briefing this afternoon with sarah sanders, the white house spokesman by perisic described the book as sad, pathetic, com plete fa ntasy, described the book as sad, pathetic, complete fantasy,

that have got to be gone through, before we get to judicial review and even then, it might be thatjohn worboysll, it might not be a judicial review. all that the secretary of state forjustice has indicated is that he is seeking advice on whether he should do it or not. i have no problem with that. that's the right thing to do. he shouldn't pursue a case which has no basis in law. but if he gets advice saying — look, actually, the probation service has conducted — the parole board, rather, has conducted this in a way which was lawful, and therefore, you can'tjudicially which was lawful, and therefore, you can't judicially review it, which was lawful, and therefore, you can'tjudicially review it, there may not be a judicial review at all. it depends on the advice. i haven't seen it depends on the advice. i haven't seen the details so i can't give an indication to what it is likely to be. it seems to me morally, that this guy shouldn't be released but this guy shouldn't be released but this is a question of law and no doubt, in due course, a senior qc will advise the government but the advice mig

under the indeterminate sentence rules, the parole board will need to have assured themselves thatjohn worboyso longer a risk as a sexual predator. this morning the chair of the parole board, nick hardwick has responded to criticism of the release ofjohn worboys. he said... the former director of public prosecutions sir keir starmer has been criticised over his decision not to prosecutejohn worboys over dozens more sex attacks. speaking outside his home, mr keir starmer has said any alleged victims with concerns over their case was handled to contact the police. firstly, it is important that any allegations that anybody thinks have not been looked into as efficiently put to the police so they can be looked into. it is important that what is said is factually accurate. crown prosecution service have the case, they made the decision in the case, they made the decision in the case aren't is important you go to their to get accurate court readout of the decision made. you confident the right decisions were made?” think these decisions were nine yea rs think these decisions were nine years ago, it

i can reassure the house and public thatjohn worboys will not be released until his licence conditionsmeetings with victims who have chosen to receive the services of the victim contacts team have taken place this week, and further meetings about his release will take place next week. this will give those victims the opportunity to make representations to the parole board as to the conditions to whichjohn worboys should be subject on release. let me be absolutely clear, john worboys will not be released until their representations have been properly considered and his licence conditions are in place. indeed, last week i asked for assurances that the views of victims were being taken into account and that robust licensing conditions would be put in place to manage his risk. i am aware that some third parties have indicated they are seeking to bring legal proceedings themselves, and that correspondence has been served on me as secretary of state as a potential is the leading party do any litigation. i fully support the rights of victims to their own legal advice and to challenge the deci

under the indeterminate sentence rules, the parole board will need to have assured themselves thatjohn worboyslonger a risk as a sexual predator. daniel sandford, bbc news. last year, new car sales in the uk fell for the first time since 2011. forecasts suggest they will continue to stuggle over the coming months too. so, ben, what's causing this bump in the road? the great thing about numbers like this is it reflects how we are thinking, feeling, and spending. exactly. we have not been splashing out. after years of solid and record growth, car sales fell by 5.6% last year. in itself, it may not seem like much of a fluctuation, but there are many reasons as to why. the end of cheap finance deals, personal contract payments. you pay a set amount every month and at the end of that period you have the choice to pay more and own the car 01’ choice to pay more and own the car or handed back and get a fresh one. that is great. interests rates have been great. but now they are rising. a flood of second—hand cars come onto the market after those and they are much cheaper. but then there is uncertainty

thatjohn worboys no longer poses a threat.were women on the pa role whether there were women on the parole board hearing, what evidence they took. with sexual offences, anybody in the system says it is difficult when you have a sexual predator, that behaviour tends not to change. that is the key question. we are looking at it in the dark because in the moment as said in the report, the parole board are not allowed to make public their decision by law so we do not know the nature of the evidence. it was alive hearing. interesting, some prisoners on indeterminate sentences for public protection can be granted pa role for public protection can be granted parole without attending the hearing. that was not done injohn worboys‘ case. there was a live hearing but what evidence there was, psychiatrists, psychologists... john worboys has to satisfy the parole board he no longer poses a risk and has come to terms with his offending behaviour. we do not know the level of contrition if there is, i assume there must have been of —— otherwi

under the indeterminate sentence rules, the parole board will need to have assured themselves thatjohn worboys no longer a risk as a sexual predator. daniel sandford, bbc news. let me give you a bit more detail on the statement from the chairman of the statement from the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick, given that there have been many calls for the parole board to make clear its decision—making process in relation tojohn warboys. in his statement, he says, we currently have a statutory duty under the pa role have a statutory duty under the parole board have a statutory duty under the pa role boa rd rules have a statutory duty under the parole board rules that prevents disclosure of proceedings, but he says, we will shortly be launching a consultation about how we share our decision—making with the public. he says, i'm very concerned some victims were not told about the decision, this must have been very distressing. they're a robust arrangements in place for victims to be informed through depicting contact scheme, we were told that had been done as usual in this case and released t

under the indeterminate sentence rules, the parole board will need to have assured themselves thatjohn worboys no longer a risk as a sexual predator. daniel sandford, bbc news. this morning the cherith the parole board, nick hardwick, responded to criticism of the release ofjohn warboys. he said... let's talk to clive coleman, our legal affairs correspondent. the sort of sentencejohn the sort of sentence john warboys was given originally, an indeterminate sentence, there has been controversy about those, have and their? absolutely, it is called an indeterminate sentence for public protection. the sentences were brought in some years ago, when they we re brought in some years ago, when they were really for cases when there we re very were really for cases when there were very persistent and dangerous offenders who were coming to the end offenders who were coming to the end of their sentences and therefore had to be released, there was nothing that could be done to keep them in prison and protect the public, so the sentences were introduced term was given, as it was tojohn warboys, but they coul

|j think that the public are completely per well did thatjohn think that the public are completely per well did that john worboyseing released as early as he is. he isa being released as early as he is. he is a serious criminal and a threat to women and i do not think that his victims, nor, frankly, the majority of women, are going to be convinced that he does not continue to be a threat to us. but it would be highly unusualfor threat to us. but it would be highly unusual for the government to launch a legal challenge against a decision made by an organisation they are responsible for, and if they do bring judicial review proceedings against the parole board, there is no guarantee of success. we do know that the far for you just —— judicial review claims is set very high. you cannot simply take a case to court because you do not like the outcome. it has to be unlawful for some reason or another, outcome. it has to be unlawful for some reason 01’ another, so we outcome. it has to be unlawful for some reason or another, so we will wait and see. in the meantime, victims ofjohn worboys are being consulted on what co